13 January 2022
Open Call: Der Auftrag der Bundesbeauftragten
Regierungsamtliche Diskursteilnahme in Zeiten der Ampel und ihre verfassungsrechtlichen Grenzen: ein Online-Symposium des Verfassungsblogs und des Exzellenzclusters SCRIPTS. Continue reading >>
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12 January 2021
Closing Roundtable
In closing, we aim to take stock of the two-day conference and our attempt to bring into conversation scholars from different backgrounds to understand the implications of multiplicity for the theory and practice of law beyond the state. Continue reading >>
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20 April 2020
Gegen obrigkeitsstaatliche Tendenzen in der Krise
Als Korrelat zur krisenbedingten Rechtfertigung von Grundrechtseingriffen ergibt sich aus dem Prinzipiencharakter der Grundrechte eine Schutzpflicht des Staates, im Rahmen des Mƶglichen und nach MaĆgabe dessen, was erforderlich und verhƤltnismƤĆig ist, eine Situation herbeizufĆ¼hren, in der die BeschrƤnkungen wieder aufgehoben werden kƶnnen. Wenn das richtig sein sollte, hat das auch wichtige Konsequenzen fĆ¼r die Art und Weise, in der Diskussionen Ć¼ber die Lockerung der CoronamaĆnahmen gefĆ¼hrt werden sollten und nach welchen MaĆstƤben die Arbeit der Regierung/en sinnvollerweise beurteilt wird. Continue reading >>09 February 2020
āTrump ist nicht das Problem, sondern nur ein Symptomā
Das Impeachment-Verfahren gegen Donald Trump, warum es scheitern musste und welche SchƤden es hinterlƤsst: ein Interview mit Mattias Kumm. Continue reading >>06 December 2018
How populist authoritarian nationalism threatens constitutionalism or: Why constitutional resilience is a key issue of our time
The problem with movements and parties spearheaded by āpopulistā leaders such as Putin, ErdoÄan, OrbĆ”n, KaczyÅski or Trump is not that they happen to embrace more nationally focused policies that metropolitan elites widely condemn as unjust, ineffective or otherwise misguided. Nor is the problem that they embrace a confrontational political style and uncouth rhetoric at odds with the mores of reflexively enlightened society in political capitals across liberal constitutional democracies. Neither of those features would constitute a constitutional threat justifying sustained reflections on constitutional resilience. The problem with electoral successes of populist authoritarian nationalists is that they pose a fundamental threat to liberal constitutional democracy. Continue reading >>06 December 2018
Introduction: Constitutional Resilience and the German Grundgesetz
What lessons does the plight of the Polish and the Hungarian democracy hold for a seemingly stable constitutional state like Germany? How resilient would the German constitutional setup turn out to be in the case of an authoritarian majority taking and successfully holding on to power? What kind of legal or institutional changes may be helpful to make that event less likely and/or less hard to prevent? These were the questions we aimed to address in a debate jointly organized by Verfassungsblog and WZB Center for Global Constitutionalism, generously supported by Stiftung Mercator. Continue reading >>06 September 2017
Demokratie als verfassungsfeindlicher Topos
Demokratie wird im Diskurs der Gegenwart von populistisch-autoritƤren Nationalisten gegen die Errungenschaften des offenen freiheitlich demokratischen Verfassungsstaats in Stellung gebracht. Im Zentrum steht dabei die pluralismusfeindliche Idee eines einheitlichen Volkswillens, der alleinige Grundlage politischer LegitimitƤt sein soll. Diese Idee erklƤrt vier problematische anti-konstitutionelle Merkmale national-autoritƤrer Ideologien. Continue reading >>04 April 2017
“A Roguish and Unpopular President is potentially an Occasion for the Judiciary to Shine”
Will Democrats be able to block Neil Gorsuch's confirmation as Supreme Court Justice, and how will it affect the Court if they won't? Mattias Kumm on the latest developments in the nomination process and the judiciary's role in holding the Trump administration in check. Continue reading >>14 March 2017
Impeaching Remnants of the Authoritarian Past: A Constitutional Moment in South Korea
Last Friday, effective March 10 at exactly 11:21 a.m., the sitting President Park Geun-hye was removed from her office by a unanimous decision of the South Korean Constitutional Court. With public life coming to a standstill as eyes focused on TV and internet live broadcasting, the acting Chief Justice delivered the court decision. The conclusion of the constitutional impeachment procedure marked the climax of a transformative ongoing constitutional moment in South Korea. Continue reading >>15 February 2016